Debates With Hibba

When I begin to read a book at my library, I fall into a totally different world. The boy next to me is also immersed into his book. But, it’s not any book he’s reading. He’s reading an e-book. That’s when I wondered: are e-books better than regular books? (After, I also spent five minutes trying to search up how to spell e-book. Was it spelled with a dash? Was the e capitalized? Or was the b supposed to? Well, after a long mission, I found out how to spell e-book, as you can see.) This is Hibba, your weekly debating blogger, and as you might have guessed, this week’s topic is: E-books or books? And, to say straight out, I LOVE PAPER BOOKS!!! I’ve read an e-book on an e-reader before. I know what it’s like. Swiping page after page, adjusting the text size, and downloading fifty different samples of books just because you don’t want to pay for anything. I know. But I just can’t compare it to lying in bed, and reading The House At Pooh Corner . I can’t. I d...

People say that finding a penny will give you good luck. I say that finding pennies is annoying. Where am I supposed to put the ninety million pennies I find in my couch? WHERE? Hello everybody, it is Hibba, your weekly debating blogger. Today’s topic is: Should the U.S keep the penny, or retire it? As you might have guessed, I am no fan of the penny. You might think that if there is no penny, we will have higher prices.This is nothing but a myth. This is  actually based off an inaccurate study, which showed that when people would round to the nearest nickel, they would always round to the higher price, rather than to the lower price. This supposedly hurt the economy And this study, no surprisingly, was funded by the Zinc lobby. And for those who do not know, 97.5 percent of the penny is made of ZINC. Don’t try to be slick Zinc lobby…. In a newer study done by Robert Whaples, an economics professor from Wake Forest University, used data from about 200,000 transa...

Hello everyone! Welcome to Debates With Hibba, your weekly debating blog. We debate from things small to big. Here, every Saturday, I will post a new debate  topic and my opinion on it. You can join in onto the debate, by sending your comments, like whether you agree, or not. You could even send a suggestion for next week's topic! I am always open, and I will always try to listen and respond to your ideas, and comments. Now, get ready for Saturday, and let the debating begin! Truly Yours- Hibba